Pour faire simple, pour toucher les subventions du ministère qui caractérisent notre sport, plusieurs options : La premère est d'être Olympique, ce qui permet d'accéder au statut, la Préparation Olympique et les Conventions d'Objectifs liées. La seconde, c'était le cas avant 1992, c'est de faire reconnaître nos sports comme sports de haut niveau, cette reconnaissance permet les Conventions d'Objectifs... Lors des tournois de qualification aux Jeux, une Fédération va avoir "les moyens" d'accéder à ces objectifs. En 2007, la France participe à l'Eurobaseball à Barcelone, elle y bat l'Italie et perd contre l'Allemagne et finit 5ème, le 1er (la Hollande) va aux J.O, les 2ème, 3ème vont à Taipei pour le "rattrapage" pour Pékin... Moi, personnellement, si j'étais sportif de haut niveau, participer aux JO serait l'objectif.... Les retombées sont immenses pour le sport, les sportifs... Si la France participe aux JO, obligatoirement vous verriez des images à la Télévision et obligatoirement des retombées pour nos clubs et leur développement.
Tag - Jeux Olympiques
lundi, mars 2 2009
Pourquoi il est important que le baseball et le softball restent olympiques ?
Par Elan 2009 le lundi, mars 2 2009, 11:22 - Boite à Idées
Soft, Baseball 2016, Courrier du Docteur Schiller
Par Elan 2009 le lundi, mars 2 2009, 11:01
President Schiller addresses softball's decision
February 27, 2009
Dear Colleagues,
As most of you know, I met with Don Porter, president of the International Softball Federation on Thursday night in Orlando, Florida to lay out a plan whereby softball and baseball could combine efforts for the Olympics only and present a joint bid to the IOC for inclusion in the 2016 games. We met for over two hours, and I addressed the concerns on their side and made it clear that the IBAF was not interested in combining Federations with softball on a global scale.
The idea was to work together for just the Olympic bid. We left with the thought to continue to talk and see if there was a way to work things out to show solidarity and come up with a solution that benefits all involved.
Early this morning, Friday, I received an email from Mr. Porter thanking me for the meeting and saying that he has spoken to his board members and that softball does not wish to work with baseball on the joint bid.
Although I am surprised by the quickness of the response and am disappointed in the answer, I feel it does not deter us in our efforts to continue to move forward to get baseball back in the Olympics for 2016. The support we have continues to grow on all levels, and with this now behind us, we can focus on a baseball-only bid.
Thank you for your time on this issue and let me know any additional thoughts you may have on how we can continue to improve our standing in getting baseball back in the Olympics and growing the sport globally.
Regards,
Dr. Harvey W. Schiller
President, International Baseball Federation
dimanche, mars 1 2009
Le Softball dit non au Baseball pour 2016
Par Elan 2009 le dimanche, mars 1 2009, 20:43 - Actualité
ISF rejects offer by IBAF for joint Olympic bid
Universal Sports
February 27, 2009
By Dave Ungrady
There will be no joint bid between softball and baseball for the 2016 Summer Olympics.
Softball's international federation today announced that it has turned down a request from the International Baseball Federation (IBAF) to submit a joint bid to the International Olympic Committee and instead has requested the addition of a men's competition at the Olympics.
"We feel we're a separate independent sport and we don't want to show there's any connection with us and baseball," International Softball Federation President (ISF) Don Porter said in a phone interview. "And our men's program is something we're trying to more fully develop. To combine with any sport is probably not the best way to develop our sport overall."
The ISF included the request to add men's softball in its official proposal submitted earlier this month to the IOC and first mentioned it to the Committee in November.
International Baseball Federation President Harvey Schiller, a former Executive Director of the U.S. Olympic Committee, earlier this year suggested a joint bid with the ISF, hoping it would improve the chance that both sports would return to the Games. He and Porter met for two hours Thursday over what both described was a cordial dinner to discuss the issue.
"We discussed a whole range of issues, including financial," Schiller said by phone. "I tried to ally his fears that we can be supportive. I'm disappointed on behalf of the several million people in baseball who wanted this to happen."
The ISF recently instructed any national softball federation that is combined with a national federation of any other sport to become fully independent. "Many of our board members when they talked to me said it’s important to be on an independent basis," Porter said.
Schiller said he has received letters, email and calls from baseball and international federations in China and Hong Kong as well as countries in Latin America supporting a joint bid.
"The group it will hurt is softball," he said. "Combined federations across Europe, Africa and other places have felt because of financial resources that softball would be hurt."
Schiller feels a failed joint bid would not hurt baseball’s efforts to rejoin the Olympics. "Baseball is a global sport and will continue to grow," he said. "If you look at the four candidate cities for 2016, baseball is the national pastime in Chicago and Tokyo. There are strong baseball programs in Barcelona. And everyone, including Rio de Janeiro, have operational sites."
Schiller expressed surprise when told that the ISF included a men's component to its Olympic bid. "(Porter) never brought that up (at the dinner)," Schiller said.
The IOC will announce in October which two sports will be added to the 2016 Summer Games.
jeudi, février 26 2009
Le Baseball et le Softball, main dans la main, pour 2016 ?
Par Elan 2009 le jeudi, février 26 2009, 10:51 - Actualité
Baseball hopes for joint '16 bid
Associated Press
WASHINGTON -- Baseball hopes to submit a joint bid with softball in an effort to gain reinstatement to the Olympics for the 2016 Summer Games.
The presidents of the International Baseball Federation and the International Softball Federation are scheduled to meet Thursday in Orlando, Fla., to discuss baseball's idea. Because the sports are among seven competing for a maximum of two openings on the 2016 program, baseball argues that a joint bid would improve both its own chances and those of the women's sport.
Don Porter, the softball federation president, said in a telephone interview Wednesday that while he'll listen to what baseball has to say, a joint bid is less than likely to happen "because we have to find some assurance -- more than there is now -- that it would be more than helpful for us to regain our Olympic status."
"There's always a possibility, but it's a matter of where our discussion leads to," he said. "We're in a fight for our lives for our sport. We'll see where they're coming from."
In a separate telephone interview Wednesday, IBAF president Harvey Schiller said that the two sports would help each other get added to the 2016 program. Schiller said the move would also let the IOC accommodate three of the sports bidding, rather than two.
Several baseball federations, including those of Japan, Europe and Africa, have written to the IBAF supporting the idea, according to Schiller, a former executive director of the U.S. Olympic Committee.
"We believe that such a joint bid should enhance the chance for each of our two sports," the Baseball Federation of Japan said in a letter to Schiller this week.
In 2005, the IOC voted to drop baseball and softball for the 2012 London Olympics. Softball officials have said that their sport was hurt by baseball's doping scandals, as well as the sport's inability to ensure that top players would participate in the Olympics -- which are held during the major league season.
In a visit to Tokyo last week, Schiller said the IBAF has proposals that would allow major league players to participate, such as cramming the entire competition into five days.
Schiller also said during that trip that he was pleased with the cooperation he was getting from MLB on doping. Tokyo is among four cities, along with Chicago, Madrid and Rio de Janeiro, bidding to host the 2016 Olympics.
Last year, Porter said softball needed to "keep our distance from baseball so we're not tied to them."
Asked about that Wednesday, he said, "It's nothing negative against baseball. It's just we have our own direction we want to take our sport."
The decision on which sports to add will be made in October during the IOC session at Copenhagen.
Copyright 2009 by The Associated Press